North by Northwest Quotes

Phillip Vandamm: Mr. Kaplan, you are quite the performer. First you're the outraged Madison Avenue advertising executive who claims that he has been mistaken for someone else. Next, you play the fugitive from justice supposedly trying to clear himself of a crime he knows he didn't commit. And now, you're the jealous lover spurned by love and betrayal.Roger Thornhill: Apparently the only performance that will satisfy you is when I play dead.Phillip Vandamm: Your very next role, and you'll be quite convincing, I assure you.

The Professor: If I thought there was any chance of changing your mind, I'd talk about Miss Kendall, of whom you so obviously disapprove.Roger Thornhill: Yes, for using sex like some people use a flyswatter.

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Eve Kendall: It's going to be a long night.Roger Thornhill: True.Eve Kendall: And I don't particularly like the book I've started.Roger Thornhill: Ah.Eve Kendall: You know what I mean?Roger Thornhill: Ah, let me think. Yes, I know exactly what you mean.

Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed.